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Welcome back to Countdown to Christmas. Countdown to Christmas is a weekly feature where I recommend a different Christmas-y book each week to read this holiday season. Can you even believe how quickly Christmas is approaching?! Before you know it, it’ll be Christmas Eve! Today’s book is The Case of the Twin Teddy Bears (Nancy Drew #116) by Carolyn Keene On the trail of a teddy bear thief, nancy unwraps double-dealing and double crosses! … Read More
Hi everyone! I was tagged by Taylor from Taylor is Reading to do The Christmas Song book tag. Thanks so much to Taylor for tagging me! I love Christmas music, so I’m really looking forward to doing this tag. Okay, let’s get started! 1. “You’re a Mean One Mr. Grinch”: Name a villainous character you couldn’t help but love. For this one, I have to go with Alastor, from The Dreadful Tale of Prosper… Read More
Hello! I’ve decided to do something a little different on my blog today. The other day, I made chocolate chip cookies with my favorite recipe, so I thought I’d share with you all my baking experience. My favorite cookbook for cookie recipes is Betty Crocker’s Cooky Book. I love how vintage-looking the book is, plus the recipes are the best! (And yes, my book is chewed. The rabbits that we had when I… Read More
Title: The Christmas Blessing by Melody Carlson Pages: 167 Genre: Historical Fiction, Christian Published by: Fleming H. Revell Company (Sept. 5, 2017) Summary When she receives the news in late 1944 that her baby’s father was shot down in the South Pacific, Amelia Richards loses hope. Jobless and broke, she has nowhere to turn for help but her infant’s paternal grandparents. The only problem is, they don’t know that she–or their grandson–exists. When Amelia discovers that the… Read More
Hello everyone! It’s December 1st, and so that means it is officially Blogmas!! To start things off, I’ve decided to do a fun, Christmas-y book tag. I discovered the ‘Tis the Season book tag on Book Snacks while googling for Christmas-y posts for Blogmas! Okay, here we go: 1. Do you have a favorite winter read? To name just a few, I really loved Let it Snow, Clara Claus, and, of course, the… Read More
Hello! Let’s just take a moment to stop and internally freak out that November is over, and we are in the last month of 2017! 😳 Y’ALL! HOW DID THAT EVEN HAPPEN?! WASN’T SUMMER JUST LAST MONTH?! *ahem* Now that that’s out of the way, let’s talk about what I read and blogged about in the month of November! Plus, I have an exciting Blogmas announcement at the end of this wrap-up! In… Read More
It’s Top Ten Tuesday again! It’s a weekly bookish list created by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is: TOP TEN BOOKS ON MY WINTER TBR Skipping Christmas I absolutely love Christmas with the Kranks, which is based off Skipping Christmas. It’s one of my favorite Christmas movies, and I always have to watch it at least once every holiday season! I’ve never read the book, though. I wanted to read it last Christmas, but… Read More
Hello! It’s Sunday, and so that means it’s time for another Countdown to Christmas book recommendation! Countdown to Christmas is a weekly feature where I recommend a different Christmas-y book each week to read this holiday season. This week’s book is Jingle Boy by Kieran Scott. Sixteen-year-old Paul Nicholas is a self-confessed Christmas fanatic. That’s why he’s so smitten with Sarah—a girl who smells like peppermint and thinks picking out presents to the strains of… Read More
Hey everyone! Today I’m participating in the blog tour, Regal Reads, in honor of Regal Hearts: Season One being released in paperback! I’m super excited about this post today, because not only am I sharing an extra book review this week, but I also get to be a little extra creative. The lovely Livy Jarmusch came up with some super creative tour ideas, and they were all so fun and imaginative! I just… Read More
Title: Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys: The Big Lie by Anthony Del Col, illustrated by Werther Dell’edera Pages: 162 Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Graphic Novel/Comic (Rating Teen+) Published by: Dynamite Entertainment (Nov. 28, 2017) Summary Volume collects issues 1-6 A Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys mystery unlike any other you’ve ever read! When the teenage brothers Frank and Joe Hardy are accused of the murder of their father – a detective in the small resort town of Bayport… Read More
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